#cause

I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren from pedophiles. ↗

— Ric Keller

#because #children #commonsense #crime #i

I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons. ↗

— Walter Isaacson

#believed #biological #building #chemical #enough

When I play it I look out and see people hold on to each other and dance or just couples leaning into each other and kiss. And I'll go: 'You know, I could have worked hard at school and been a dentist. But I'm so glad I didn't.' Because when I look out and see that I feel like the Pied Piper of love. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#been #could #couples #dance #dentist

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#being #book #booker #different #every

Because there still exists a significant pay gap, women tend to earn less than men over the course of their lifetimes. Compounding the problem, women tend to spend less time in the workforce than men. ↗

— Steve Israel

#compounding #course #earn #exists #gap

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#believe #deceived #inclined #know #never

It's been strange and weird watching the other girls at the U.S. Olympic trials just because I was training to be out there myself. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#been #i #just #just because #myself

To have any doubt in your body is the biggest weakness an athlete can have. There are times when I physically can't get myself to go for a skill because I'm thinking, 'My knee hurts really bad.' ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#athlete #bad #because #biggest #body

When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#bundle #class #energy #fell #gymnastics

Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too. ↗

— Sonia Johnson

#because #breaks #dangerous #dangerous thing #era